List of museums in Barcelona
This is a list of museums in Barcelona, the capital city of Catalonia, Spain.
Name
|
Acronym
|
Image
|
Neighbourhood
|
District
|
Type
|
Visitors (2018)[1][2]
|
Summary
|
Archaeology Museum of Catalonia (Barcelona) |
MAC Barcelona
|
|
Poble-sec |
Sants-Montjuïc |
Archaeology |
40,003 |
Barcelona venue of the Archaeology Museum of Catalonia
|
Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art |
MACBA
|
|
El Raval |
Ciutat Vella |
Art |
331,694 |
Contemporary art museum
|
Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona |
CCCB
|
|
El Raval |
Ciutat Vella |
Multipurpose |
465,638 |
Contemporary arts centre
|
Centre de Documentació i Museu de les Arts Escèniques |
MAE
|
|
Poble-sec |
Sants-Montjuïc |
Theater |
20,000 |
Center for information and research on the performing arts
|
FC Barcelona Museum |
-
|
|
La Maternitat i Sant Ramon |
Les Corts |
Sports |
1,730,335 |
Stadium tour, history and memorabilia of the football club FC Barcelona
|
Maritime Museum of Barcelona |
MMB
|
|
El Raval |
Ciutat Vella |
Maritime |
301,836 |
Shipbuilding between the 13th and 18th century
|
Museum of the History of Barcelona |
MUHBA
|
|
Gothic Quarter |
Ciutat Vella |
History |
816,989 |
Historical heritage of the city of Barcelona, from its origins in Roman times until the present day. Main site at Casa Padellàs
|
Museum of the History of Catalonia |
MHC
|
|
Barceloneta |
Ciutat Vella |
History |
131,855 |
History and culture of Catalonia from prehistoric to modern times
|
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya |
MNAC
|
|
Poble-sec |
Sants-Montjuïc |
Art |
891,346 |
National museum of Catalan visual art
|
Museu Picasso |
-
|
|
Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera |
Ciutat Vella |
Art |
978,483 |
With 4,251 works exhibited, the museum has one of the most complete permanent collections of works by the 20th-century artist Pablo Picasso
|
Sagrada Família Museum |
-
|
|
Sagrada Família |
Eixample |
Architecture |
4,661,770 |
Architectural and construction history of the church
|
Centre d'Art Santa Mònica
|
CASM
|
|
El Raval
|
Ciutat Vella
|
Art
|
49,314
|
Traveling contemporary art exhibits
|
Arxiu Fotogràfic de Barcelona [ca]
|
AFB
|
|
Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera
|
Ciutat Vella
|
Archive
|
9,120
|
Photographic collections about Barcelona
|
CaixaForum Barcelona
|
-
|
|
Montjuïc
|
Sants-Montjuïc
|
Art
|
863,605
|
|
Can Framis Museum
|
-
|
|
El Parc i la Llacuna del Poblenou
|
Sant Martí
|
Art
|
15,770
|
Art centre for contemporary Catalan paintings
|
Casa Batlló
|
-
|
|
Dreta de l'Eixample
|
Eixample
|
Architecture
|
1,062,863
|
Building designed by Antoni Gaudí
|
Gaudí House Museum
|
-
|
|
La Salut
|
Gràcia
|
Historic home
|
293,000
|
Historic home museum dedicated to Antoni Gaudí
|
Casa Vicens
|
-
|
|
Vila de Gràcia
|
Gràcia
|
Architecture
|
139,500
|
House designed by Antoni Gaudí
|
Montjuïc Castle
|
-
|
|
Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera
|
Ciutat Vella
|
Castle
|
831,210
|
Former military fortress
|
Cosmocaixa Barcelona
|
-
|
|
Sant Gervasi - la Bonanova
|
Sarrià-Sant Gervasi
|
Science
|
1,045,961
|
Science museum
|
El Born Cultural and Memorial Center
|
-
|
|
Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera
|
Ciutat Vella
|
History
|
1,080,079
|
|
Museu d'Autòmats [ca]
|
-
|
|
Tibidabo
|
Sarrià-Sant Gervasi
|
Amusement
|
105,527
|
Located in Tibidabo Amusement Park, collection of automata
|
Barcelona Pavilion
|
-
|
|
Montjuïc
|
Sants-Montjuïc
|
Architecture
|
85,993
|
Modernist building designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich
|
Design Museum of Barcelona
|
-
|
|
El Parc i Llacuna del Poblenou
|
Sant Martí
|
Design
|
169,293
|
|
Fundació Antoni Tàpies
|
-
|
|
Dreta de l'Eixample
|
Eixample
|
Art
|
43,582
|
Art museum dedicated to Antoni Tàpies
|
Fundació Joan Miró
|
-
|
|
El Poble-sec
|
Sants-Montjuïc
|
Art
|
352,903
|
Art museum dedicated to Joan Miró
|
Espai Bombers
|
-
|
|
El Poble-sec
|
Sants-Montjuïc
|
Firefighting
|
19,177
|
Firefighting museum
|
Fabra i Coats: Centre d'Art Contemporani [ca]
|
-
|
|
Sant Andreu de Palomar
|
Sant Andreu
|
Art
|
16,169
|
Contemporary art center
|
Foto Colectania [ca]
|
-
|
|
Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera
|
Ciutat Vella
|
Photography
|
25,020
|
Photography museum
|
Fran Daurel Museum [ca]
|
-
|
|
El Poble-sec
|
Sants-Montjuïc
|
Art
|
218,790
|
Museum dedicated to Catalan art
|
Fundació Suñol [ca]
|
-
|
|
La Maternitat i Sant Ramon
|
Les Corts
|
Art
|
6,521
|
Contemporary art museum
|
Fundación Mapfre Casa Garriga Nogués
|
-
|
|
La Vila Olímpica del Poblenou
|
Eixample
|
Art
|
97,932
|
Photography museum
|
Hemp Museum Gallery
|
-
|
|
Gothic Quarter
|
Ciutat Vella
|
Cannabis
|
15,653
|
|
Casa Milà
|
-
|
|
Dreta de l'Eixample
|
Eixample
|
Architecture
|
934,524
|
Also known as La Pedrera, house designed by Antoni Gaudí
|
Virreina Palace
|
-
|
|
El Raval
|
Ciutat Vella
|
Art
|
122,644
|
Palace and contemporary art center
|
Museum of Natural Sciences of Barcelona
|
MCNB
|
|
El Besòs i el Maresme
|
Sant Martí
|
Science
|
238,848
|
Natural history museum
|
Music Museum of Barcelona
|
-
|
|
Fort Pienc
|
Eixample
|
Music
|
39,248
|
|
Museu de la Xocolata
|
-
|
|
Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera
|
Ciutat Vella
|
Chocolate
|
132,758
|
|
Museu del Modernisme de Barcelona [ca]
|
MMBCN
|
|
Dreta de l'Eixample
|
Eixample
|
Art
|
19,985
|
Museum dedicated to Catalan art nouveau style
|
Egyptian Museum of Barcelona [ca]
|
-
|
|
Dreta de l'Eixample
|
Eixample
|
Archaeology
|
270,097
|
|
Museum of Ethnology and World Cultures [ca]
|
MUEC
|
|
|
|
Ethnology
|
61,016
|
Two locations: one in Montjuic Park and El Born
|
Museu Frederic Marès
|
-
|
|
Gothic Quarter
|
Ciutat Vella
|
Art
|
55,947
|
Sculpture museum
|
Juan Antonio Samaranch Olympic and Sports Museum
|
-
|
|
El Poble-sec
|
Sants-Montjuïc
|
Sports
|
44,586
|
|
Palau Robert
|
-
|
|
Dreta de l'Eixample
|
Eixample
|
Art
|
976,276
|
Rotating art exhibitions
|
Recinte Modernista de Sant Pau
|
-
|
|
El Guinardó
|
Horta-Guinardó
|
Architecture
|
276,358
|
Former hospital and art nouveau complex
|
Monastery of Pedralbes
|
-
|
|
Pedralbes
|
Les Corts
|
Religious
|
74,898
|
Former Gothic monastery
|
Museu Diocesà de Barcelona [ca]
|
-
|
|
Gothic Quarter
|
Ciutat Vella
|
Religious
|
|
Located near the Cathedral of Barcelona
|
Poble Espanyol
|
-
|
|
El Poble-sec
|
Sants-Montjuïc
|
Architecture
|
|
Open-air architecture museum
|
Can Framis Museum
|
-
|
|
El Parc i Llacuna del Poblenou
|
Sant Martí
|
Art
|
|
Part of the Fundació Vila Casas, contemporary Catalan art museum
|
Espai Volart
|
-
|
|
Dreta de l'Eixample
|
Eixample
|
Art
|
|
Part of the Fundació Vila Casas, temporary contemporary art exhibitions
|
European Museum of Modern Art [ca]
|
MEAM
|
|
Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera
|
Ciutat Vella
|
Art
|
|
Contemporary art museum
|
Fundació Rocamora
|
-
|
|
El Putxet i el Farró
|
Sarrià-Sant Gervasi
|
Art
|
|
|
Espai Subirachs [es]
|
-
|
|
El Poble-sec
|
Sants-Montjuïc
|
Art
|
|
Museum dedicated to Josep Maria Subirachs
|
Galeria Mayoral
|
-
|
|
Dreta de l'Eixample
|
Eixample
|
Art
|
|
|
Museum of Modernism [ca]
|
MMCAT
|
|
Dreta de l'Eixample
|
Eixample
|
Art
|
|
Museum dedicated to Catalan modernism
|
Perfume Museum
|
-
|
|
Dreta de l'Eixample
|
Eixample
|
Collection
|
|
Collection of perfume bottles through history
|
Erotic Museum of Barcelona
|
MEB
|
|
Gothic Quarter
|
Ciutat Vella
|
Anthropology
|
|
History of human sexuality and erotica
|
Wax Museum of Barcelona [ca]
|
-
|
|
Gothic Quarter
|
Ciutat Vella
|
Collection
|
|
Collection of wax figures
|
Museu Geològic del Seminari de Barcelona
|
-
|
|
L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample
|
Eixample
|
Science
|
|
Natural science museum
|
Museum and Study Center of Sport Doctor Melcior Colet
|
-
|
|
L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample
|
Eixample
|
Sports
|
|
|
Gaudí Experiència [ca]
|
-
|
|
La Salut
|
Gràcia
|
Art
|
|
4D film about Antoni Gaudí and museum dedicated to Gaudí
|
KBr Photography Center
|
-
|
|
La Vila Olímpica del Poblenou
|
Eixample
|
Photography
|
|
Part of the Fundación Mapfre, rotating photography exhibits
|
Funeral Carriages Collection, Montjuïc Cemetery [ca]
|
-
|
|
El Poble-sec
|
Sants-Montjuïc
|
Collection
|
|
Located in the Montjuïc Cemetery
|
Defunct museums
- Museu Barbier-Mueller d'Art Precolombí
- Museu Clarà
- Museu d'Art Modern
- Museu de la Ciència de Barcelona
- Museu de la Moto
- Museu del Calçat
- Museu del Clavegueram
- Museu del Còmic i la Il·lustració (closed 2009)
- Museu del Gabinet Numismàtic de Catalunya
- Museu d'Idees i Invents
- Museu del Mamut
- Museu del Rock
- Museu Fundació Francisco Godia
- Museu Militar de Barcelona (closed May 2009)
- Museu Municipal de Belles Arts
- Museu Pedagògic Experimental
- Museu Provincial d'Antiguitats
- Museu Social
- Palau Reial de Pedralbes (closed 2013)
- Blueproject Foundation
See also
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